BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 6 days agoWindows 11 is finally killing off legacy printer drivers in 2026 — and it’s going to shake up a lot of older hardwarewww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square38linkfedilinkarrow-up1129file-text
arrow-up1129external-linkWindows 11 is finally killing off legacy printer drivers in 2026 — and it’s going to shake up a lot of older hardwarewww.windowscentral.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square38linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoThey haven’t changed the plumbing for printers since Vista, the changes they made then are part of why it took until 7 for things to work correctly.
minus-squareNatakuNox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoVista doesn’t throw the baby out with the bath water. It made a minor communication change between drivers, cpu, and software. They went right back to the old system post vista.
They haven’t changed the plumbing for printers since Vista, the changes they made then are part of why it took until 7 for things to work correctly.
Vista doesn’t throw the baby out with the bath water. It made a minor communication change between drivers, cpu, and software. They went right back to the old system post vista.